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Preliminary Course<\/strong> [Board Developed] 2 units Legal Studies is a humanities subject that will give students the critical thinking and communication skills necessary to find employment in a number of fields including law, journalism and government. As such, in the course we spend significant time teaching students how to write and provide them with skills they can use in their other subjects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Students of Legal Studies will develop an understanding of legal concepts and the way the law functions in our society. Being well\u202finformed about legal issues, including the rights and responsibilities integral to our society, is part of being an active and informed citizen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Preliminary and HSC courses focus on the way in which law is created, how it is structured and how it operates in Australia\u202fand internationally. In this, students are required to consider whether laws are effective and whether they achieve justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Students will develop an understanding of the implications that legal decisions can have for Australian society and the ways in which the legal system can affect the lives of Australian citizens. A critical understanding of the processes of reform and change will help students to contribute to making our society more equitable for all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Structure of Legal Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Course Description Preliminary Course [Board Developed] 2 unitsHSC Course [Board Developed] 2 units Legal Studies is a humanities subject that will give students the critical thinking and communication skills necessary to find employment in a number of fields including law, journalism and government. As such, in the course we spend significant time teaching students how to write and provide them with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":3402,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3418","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3418"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4079,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3418\/revisions\/4079"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
HSC Course<\/strong> [Board Developed] 2 units<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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PRELIMINARY COURSE (Y11)<\/strong><\/span><\/td> HSC COURSE (Y12)<\/strong><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Assessment \u2013 HSC Course Only<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT<\/strong><\/td> INTERNAL ASSESSMENT<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> One three-hour examination. It consists of:
Section I \u2013 Core (15 marks)<\/strong>
There will be objective-response questions to the value of 15 marks. \u00a0
Section II \u2013 Core (35 marks)<\/strong>
Questions may contain parts.
There will be 5 or 6 items.
One of these items will be worth 15 marks on the criminal justice system. \u00a0
Section III \u2013 Options (50 marks)<\/strong>
There will be one extended-response question for each of the five options.
Each question will be worth 25 marks and will have two alternatives.
Students will be required to answer one alternative on each of the two options they have studied.<\/td>Students complete a number of assessments including objective response questions and extended response questions.<\/td><\/tr> 100<\/td> 100<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"